SOLUTION: How many factors, including 1, does the product of the first 9 primes divided by the product of the first seven primes have? I think the answer is 7

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Question 21792: How many factors, including 1, does the product of the first 9 primes divided by the product of the first seven primes have? I think the answer is 7
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How many factors, including 1, does the product of the first 9 primes divided by the product of the first seven primes have? I think the answer is 7
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No, I don't think it's that many.
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2×3×5×7×11×13×17×19×23
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2×3×5×7×11×13×17
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2×3×5×7×11×13×17×19×23
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2×3×5×7×11×13×17
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That's 19×23 or 437. Counting 1 and 437, how many factors of 437 are there?
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